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Straight-talk advice on marriage, parenting, work and the everyday crossroads of life. From a longtime wife, mom, and marketing VP who’s been there. Welcome.
One, creative businesses need to cherish and empower the people who understand technology, consumers’ relationships with it, and brands potential uses for it. Technology must be the catalyst of a…
An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means, such as using…
via economist.com “Writing America off is always a dangerous thing to do. Most probably, however, it faces years of painfully high unemployment and sluggish growth. GE’s union at its plant…
In my experience, female bosses tend to be better managers, better advisers, mentors, rational thinkers. Men love to hear themselves talk. I’m so generalizing. I know I am. But in…
via pewglobal.org This interactive database allows users to explore public opinion trends in 55 countries on topics ranging from attitudes toward the U.S. to people’s assessments of their own lives…
General Motors, apparently in line with its stated strategy of putting design first, will elevate North American design chief Bryan Nesbitt to head up the Cadillac division. edmunds.com
My Dozen Books for a Brand Manager’s Bookshelf 1.) A New Brand World: Eight Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the Twenty-First Century by Scott Bedbury This is one book…
Even as Mercedes continues to target boomers, it has quietly recruited 500 people aged 20 to 32 for a focus group it calls Generation Benz. Mercedes researchers are seeking their…
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Moms have always worn many hats—from nurturer to breadwinner to built-in playdate to household manager extraordinaire. And while each role comes with associated joys and stresses, it is the role…
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